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home Cup schemes x3 end
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Celtic (a)
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Aston
Villa (a) details
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Internationals:
U19 Euro update
Antonio Cordero (Spain U19s):
Mon 23.06.2025 Germany (n) Bucharest ECF (5pm)
Attempting to defend their crown, a Spain squad including recently-acquired
Magpie Cordero are in semi-final action.
There's live coverage on the UEFA website (registration required) and
various beIN Sports channels.
Netherlands and hosts Romania clash in the other semi-final at 8pm
elsewhere in Bucharest.
The victors meet on Thursday (there's no 3rd/4th tie).
Internationals:
Danes bow out
William Osula (Denmark U21s):
Sunday 22.06.2025 France (n) lost 2-3 ECF QF
The Newcastle forward was unable to add to his three goals and two assists
in the tournament in Sunday's quarter final tie. Playing for the opening 60
minutes in Presov, he made little impact and went off with his side 2-1
ahead.
Tino Livramento (England U21s):
Sat 21.06.2025 Spain (n) won 3-1 ECF
With the Newcastle full back restored to the starting line-up, England ran
out winners in Trnava. Livramento completed the full game at right back while ex-Magpie
Elliot Anderson rounded off the scoring with a late penalty.
Thankfully our man avoided serious injury when he jumped out of the way of a
scything tackle late in the contest that sparked confrontations between the
teams on and off the pitch.
England's reward is a semi-final meeting with the Netherlands on Wednesday.
2025/26:
Extra home friendly
Newcastle will play an
additional pre-season friendly fixture at St. James' Park, facing Spaniards Espanyol in
a 7.30pm kick-off on Friday August 8th.
That's the night before the sold-out visit of fellow La Liga side Atletico
Madrid to Gallowgate - the fourth successive season that Eddie Howe's side
have concluded their preparations with back to back home kickabouts.
Tickets go on sale at 10am this Tuesday, June 24th with no
exclusive period for ST holders or members - it's open to everyone with a
box office account at that time.
Cheapest adult tickets cost £20.
The two sides last met in a pre-season kickabout staged at Espanyol's former
home at Montjuic Stadium in August 2000, the hosts running out 2-1 winners.
The Magpies did rather better in Spain during May 1960,
securing a 5-2 victory at Espanyol's previous Estadi de Sarria base.
Giveaway:
Fanzine
compo
- ends today

Available
online now is the latest issue of Seen.By. a softback
photography fanzine that covers regional topics captured by a loose
collective of photographers.
Issue 2 documents the events of March 2025, when Newcastle's eternal quest
to win silverware ended in memorable style against Liverpool at Wembley.
Photos of that day from Wembley, Covent Garden and Tyneside are joined in
the 84 pages by other memorable shots from the open top bus parade and
celebrations.
Limited to 250 copies, the fanzine costs £10 plus £3.70 postage (overseas
postage rates available on request) and can be purchased online here
We have copies of the books to give away and to be in with a chance of
winning, send your answer to the following question via email to [email protected]
by 9pm on Monday June 23rd. Subject line of Photos.
Eddie Howe became the first English-born Manager to guide a side to League
Cup glory since 2004, when Middlesbrough had won that trophy. Who was the
Boro boss that day?
No
age limit, open to anyone on the planet. Delivery only to UK addresses. One
entry each please per person.
2025/26:
Cup Schemes x 3:
sign up by Friday Sign-ups
remain open for the three stand-alone home cup schemes available, allowing
season ticket holders to guarantee entry to Champions League, FA Cup and
Carabao Cup fixtures at Gallowgate this coming season.
Enrolment must be complete by Friday June 27th at 5pm. That is
a hard deadline with no exceptions.
Anyone struggling to opt in can contact NUFC via 0344
372 1892 from 10am until 5pm every weekday, but the ticket office in
the Milburn Stand will only be open for personal callers this coming Wednesday
from 10am to 5pm.
For anyone who doesn't sign up, there's no guarantee of any seat for a home
tie in that competition and their sales window will open alongside that of
club members.
Pricing for the two domestic cup competitions is unchanged from 2024/25 at
£35 & £30 for home FA Cup ties and £25 & £20 for Carabao Cup
games at SJP.
FA Cup and Carabao Cup payments will be taken within seven days of a home
game being confirmed.
Champions League tickets cost £70 & £60, increasing from our last
entrance in 2023/24 when they were £60 & £55.
Regardless of when United's Champions League home games are staged, payments
will be taken for those tickets on the 1st day of July, August, September
and October.
NUFC Cup Scheme announcement is here
NUFC Cup Scheme enrolment
guide is here
NUFC Cup Scheme FAQs are here
NUFC Cup Scheme Ts & Cs are here
2025/26:
Fixtures announced Newcastle
will begin their 2025/26 season against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday
August 16th, with kick-off confirmed as 12.30pm for live UK TV
(TNT Sports).
The first Tyne-wear derby league fixtures since 2015/16 take United to the
dark place on or around December 13th, with the return at SJP on or around
March 21st - a game that would be rescheduled should Eddie Howe's side make it
to Wembley to defend the Carabao Cup.
The festive season will be played away from Tyneside, with successive trips
to Manchester United and Burnley - note that the only "blackout"
day announced by the PL is December 24th, meaning that fixtures are liable
to be rescheduled to both December 26th and January 1st.
There's a Wednesday night London game
against Spurs in February, but a further trio of midweek home fixtures.
Two Saturday home games are set to be pushed back to Sundays as a result of
European scheduling: the visit of Nottingham Forest to SJP in October moving
to Sunday 5th assuming that the visitors have progressed through their
Conference playoff and are in action on Thursday 2nd.
Similarly, the home game against Aston Villa in January should move to
Sunday 25th as the Villans will be in Europa League action the previous
Thursday.
There's no clash with PL games on any FA Cup round weekend until the
semi-finals, with the Quarter Finals on or around Saturday April 4th, which
is the Easter weekend.
That follows an international break, meaning that there's a guaranteed 19
day period with no PL games as it stands.
The final home game against West Ham is scheduled
on Sunday May 17th along with the rest of the PL games that weekend.
Saturday May 16th is clear for the FA Cup Final.
The closing game of the season then takes the Magpies to Fulham on Sunday
May 24th, Craven Cottage also the venue for our 38th and final PL game in
2019 and 2021.
United's visit to Everton is scheduled for the final weekend of November, with
the Hill Dickinson Stadium the 61st venue to have staged a
PL fixture involving the Magpies.
This will be the first time since 2020/21 that Newcastle have begun and
ended a season away from home.
fixture
list
The return of Burnley, Leeds United and the mackems at the expense of
Southampton, Ipswich Town and Leicester City means that Newcastle's seasonal
away mileage will reduce by a whopping 1,300* miles from 9,462 to
8,162.
* subject to slight alteration, depending on which daft route the Toon bus
convoy takes to wearside....
RGR:
Road runner
The man known as Run
Geordie Run is now in the state of Kansas, as he continues
his
charity trek across the USA from New York to California.
Donations are now heading towards £22,000 with every penny raised supporting the work of St.Benedicts Hospice.
If you can help, please do so online here
Find the RGR blog here
Old
boys:
The departed
Former Magpie
Andy Carroll has announced his departure from Bordeaux, after
spending one season with the club who were demoted to the fourth
tier of French football due to financial issues.
It's unclear whether the 36 year-old will extend his playing career
elsewhere, but in a statement confirming the exit, Bordeaux say
Carroll is returning to England in order to be closer to his
children.
Also heading for pastures new is Steven Taylor, who is
standing down as Coach of UAE-based Al Qabila despite leading the
club to promotion last season.
And League of Ireland Shelbourne have confirmed the mid-season
departure of manager Damien Duff, ahead of next month's
Champions League meeting with Linfield.
U21s:
Mariners again
In
a repeat of their 2024/25 pre-season meeting, Newcastle U21s will
travel to South Shields for a friendly fixture on Sunday
August 3rd. Kick-off is at 3pm.
Before that public fixture, the second string host Hull City U21s
behind closed doors on Saturday July 26th (1pm).
2025/26:
Teen trio commit
Newcastle have agreed
contract extensions with three 18 year-old players on the verge of the
senior squad.
Full back Leo Shahar, winger Trevan Sanusi and forward Sean
Neave have all put pen to paper on new deals of unspecified duration.
First professional contracts have been
awarded to forward Joe Brayson and defensive duo Logan Watts
and Luke Craggs, who are all 18 or reach that age imminently.
Elsewhere in the Academy, Sam Alabi, Michael Mills and Sam
Pinnington have accepted scholarships and Thomas Bryant's scholarship
is extended into a third year.
Update:
Coach departure
Newcastle confirm that U21 lead coach Diarmuid O’Carroll
has left Gallowgate in order to join the senior team coaching staff at
Czechs Sparta Prague.
O'Carroll moved from his post as St. Mirren assistant manager in September
2024 to join the Magpies, combining that role with coaching the Northern
Ireland national team.
The U21 lead coach role became vacant in July 2024 when Ben Dawson left to
join Leicester City, Neil Winskill and Jack Ross taking interim charge until
O'Carroll's appointment.
Old
boy:
AA joins Tynesiders
National League side
Gateshead have appointed former Magpie Alun Armstrong as their
new manager.
The 50 year-old came through the ranks at Gallowgate but left without making
a senior competitive debut, appearing for the likes of Stockport County,
Boro and Ipswich Town during his playing career.
Previously taking charge of Blyth Spartans and Darlington, Alan has been out
of management since leaving the latter back in September 2023. More recently
he became head of Elite and Performance Football at Gateshead College.
2025/26:
Korea
confirmation
Following last months announcement that
Newcastle will play two pre-season games in South Korea, belated
confirmation of the dates and venues has now appeared.
Eddie Howe's side will take place in the Coupang Play Series against
a local XI and fellow Premier League side Spurs.

The meeting with Team K League will
take place on Wednesday July 30th (8pm local time) at the 42,000 capacity
Suwon World Cup Stadium (above).

That will be followed by a kickabout against Spurs
on Sunday August 3rd (8pm local time) at the 65,000 capacity
Seoul World Cup
Stadium (above).
The two venues are around 25 miles from each other.
From NUFC:
Tickets for fans based in South Korea will be available during pre-sale and
general sale windows, with pre-sale exclusively available to Coupang Play
Sports Pass subscribers.
Team K League:
Pre-sale 25.06.2025 (8pm), general sale 27.06.2025 (8pm)
Spurs:
Pre-sale 26.06.2025 (8pm), general sale 04.07.2025 (8pm)
Tickets will be
exclusively available via Coupang Play.
Tickets for fans
travelling to South Korea will be initially available to ST Holders and Mags
Members from 10am on 30.06.2025. General sale is from 10am
on 07.07.2025.
United's pre-season schedule now extends to six matches as follows,
preceded by a behind closed doors friendly:
Sat 19.07.2025 Celtic (Scotland) (a)
Sun 27.07.2025 Arsenal (n) in Singapore
Wed 30.07.2025 Team K League (South Korea) (a)
Sun 03.08.2025 Spurs (n) in South Korea
Fri 08.08.2025 Espanyol (h) (Spain) (h)
Sat 09.08.2025 Atletico Madrid (Spain) (h)
Update:
FAB minutes
Minutes from the most recent FAB (Fan Advisory Board) meeting at SJP are now
available online here
Amongst the usual range of topics
covered was the following update regarding 2025/26 kit releases:
"Third kit to launch in early July and Away shirt launch planned to be
on pre-season tour in Asia during July or August."
Old
boys:
Comings & goings
SJP old boys with new clubs/jobs include:
Tom Allan Darlington
Kieran Aplin Whitley Bay
Alun Armstrong Gateshead M
Jean-Alain
Boumsong Auxerre C
Mark Boyd Carlisle City AM
Lewis Cass Harrogate Town
Stan Flaherty Hampton & Richmond
Lloyd Kelly Juventus
Oisin McEntee Hearts
John Robertson Ross County AM
Josh Scott Darlington
Free agents leaving SJP:
Josh Donaldson
James Huntley
Jamal Lewis
Lloyd Kelly
Harry Powell
Rory Powell
John Ruddy (possibility of new terms)
Ellis Stanton
Jay Turner-Cooke
Callum Wilson (possibility of new terms)
Former Magpies leaving
their clubs include:
Tom Allan Gateshead
Graeme Carrick Boro C
Andy Carroll Bordeaux
Lewis Cass Grimsby Town
Nicky Deverdics Blyth Spartans
Damien Duff Shelbourne M
Paul Dummett Carlisle United
Stan Flaherty Kingstonian
Fraser Forster Spurs
Dwight
Gayle Hibernian (retired)
Jeff Hendrick Derby County
JJ Hooper Blyth Spartans
Tim Krul Luton Town
Oisin McEntee Walsall
Greg Olley Gateshead
Josh Scott Queens Park
Jonjo Shelvey Burnley
Steven Taylor Al Qabila
Ben Tozer Forest Green Rovers (retired)
Jonathan Woodgate Boro C
Freddie Woodman Preston North End

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Home games: 10am to 30 minutes from KO
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Wednesdays only: 10am to 5pm
Home games: 10am to half time
Future STs: No additional sale, none
planned, no waiting list in operation.
2025/26 ST prices online here
2025/26 ST home cup scheme:
closing date Fri 27.06.2025 @ 5pm
ST home cup scheme pricing:
CL: £60 & £70
FA: £30 & £35
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can occasionally vary).
Home ticket transfers are possible between three weeks and one hour
before kick-off.
More info online
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Away tickets: The PL-wide £30 away ticket price cap for adults will apply
in 2025/26.
All 2025/26 Champions
League away ticket prices will be pegged at €50.
Away ticket FAQ is online
here
2025/26 season Magpie Movers
are now on sale via NUFC for £25 (no concessions).
For the first time, they are open to Mags+ members
in addition to ST holders. NUFC press release is online here
Fri 27.06.2025 Cup Schemes (h)
ST holder sign-up closes @ 5pm.
Wed 09.07.2025 Aug & Sep PL live TV picks due @ no specific time.
TBC ??.07.2025 Team tbc (?)
@ venue tbc, KO tbc. Friendly. Behind
closed doors.
Sat 19.07.2025 Celtic (Scotland) (a)
@ Parkhead, 3pm. Friendly. SOLD OUT. Allocation:
7,200 (paper tickets).
Sat
26.07.2025 U21s v Hull City (h) @ venue tbc, 1pm. Friendly.
Behind Closed Doors.
Sun 27.07.2025 Arsenal (n)
@ National Stadium, Singapore, 7.30pm local time (12.30pm BST). Friendly.
Tickets
available online here
Wed 30.07.2025 Team K League (South Korea) (a)
@ Suwon World Cup Stadium, South Korea, 8pm local time (Noon BST). Friendly.
ST holder sale Mon 30.06.2025 10am, public sale Mon 07.07.2025,
10am.
Sun 03.08.2025 Spurs (n)
@ Seoul World Cup Stadium, South Korea. 8pm local time (Noon BST). Friendly. ST holder sale Mon 30.06.2025 10am, public sale Mon 07.07.2025,
10am.
Sun
03.08.2025 U21s v South Shields (a)
@ First Cloud Arena, 3pm. Friendly.
Fri 08.08.2025 RCD Espanyol (Spain) (h) @ SJP, 7.30pm.
Friendly. Public sale Tue 24.06.2025 @ 10am
(no exclusive sales period for ST holders or members).
Sat 09.08.2025 Atletico Madrid (Spain) (h)
@ SJP, 4pm.
Friendly. SOLD OUT (Premium tickets still
available).
Sat 16.08.2025
Aston Villa (a) @ Villa Park, 12.30pm. Premier League. Live
on TNT Sports.
Ticket sale details tbc.
Thu 28.08.2025 CL
League stage draw.
Mon 01.09.2025 Transfer window closes.
Sun 24.05.2026
PL ends.
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Sat
16.08.2025
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12.30pm TNT
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1: Tue 16.09/Wed 17.09/Thu 18.09.2025
2: Tue 30.09/Wed
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Carabao Cup:
(NUFC enter in Round 3: draw takes
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R3: w/c Mon 15.09.2025 / 22.09.2025*
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QF: w/c Mon 15.12.2025
SF1: w/c Mon 12.01.2026
SF2: w/c Mon 02.02.2026
F: Sun 22.03.2026
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Group Stage draw 26.06.2025
Matchday One: w/c Mon 01.09.2025
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Premier League International Cup:
Details tbc
U19 Youth League:
League fixtures replicate the first six in the CL (not eight). The competition
then moves to a knockout phase from the last 32.
FA Youth Cup:
NUFC U18s enter in Round 3, ties be played on or before Sat
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Sat 09.08.2025 NUWFC v Atletico Madrid Femenino (Spain), 1pm.
Friendly.
Euro 2028
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International Magpies |
National Service |
2025/26
International breaks:
01.09-09.09.2025
06.10-14.10.2025
10.11-18.11.2025
21.12-18.01.2026 AFCON
23.03-31.03.2026
11.06.2026-19.07.2026 World Cup
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Coxy's Corner |
Whoops, He did it Again... |
The Star's coverage of the England U21 game seems to suggest
that the Magpies have made their first foray into the summer
transfer market....
(Kev Murdie)
What's this all about then?
Click here
for a rambling explanation of sorts....
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On This Day in History |
23rd June |
Born Or Died:
1917
Dominic Kelly
born, Sandbach, Cheshire. (1938-46)
Centre half who moved began his playing career at Sandbach Ramblers before
joining Leeds United at the age of 18.
Struggling to get into the first XI at Elland Road with just four appearances
(all made during the 1937-38 season), Dom joined Newcastle in November 1938 for
£1,165.
What proved to Kelly's sole senior game as a Magpie came in a 0-4 home loss to
Coventry City in February 1939, with the outbreak of World War II halting his
playing career.
Serving in the British Army, Kelly toured the Middle East in a military
football team named the Wanderers alongside fellow Magpie Ted Swinburne and the
likes of Tom Finney.
Sustaining a ligament injury, Dominic later joining the police force on Tyneside
and switched from football to cricket.
A batsman for local league side for Benwell and the police team, he also
represented Northumberland in the 1948 Minor Counties Championship.
Reportedly dismissed from the police in 1957 after a theft charge was proven
against him, Kelly's death was recorded in Croydon during 1982.

1923
Robert Robinson born,
Newbiggin. (1952-54)

Goalkeeper who had been on the books of Burnley as an amateur, but
returned from Turf Moor to play for his hometown side.
Signed by the mackems in February 1947, Bobby made a £2,500 switch to SJP just before the 1952/53
season got underway.
The first of five senior appearances for Newcastle came in a 1-2 loss at
Burnley in within weeks of arriving, as Robinson deputised for first-choice
Ronnie Simpson.
Released by United in 1954, Bobby was later landlord of the Queens Head pub in
his hometown and died in 1975.

1935 Keith Burkinshaw born, Higham, Yorkshire.
(Coach 1968-75)

Beginning as a
part-timer with Denaby United while working at the Dodworth pit nearby, Keith
played for Wolves, Liverpool, Workington and Scunthorpe United.
Briefly taking caretaker charge of the latter after retiring in 1968, Burky then
coached in Zambia before Joe Harvey recruited him to work alongside coach Dave
Smith at SJP.
Keith later succeeded Smith as United first team coach and was alongside Harvey
as the club lost the 1974 FA Cup Final.
Following Harvey out of Gallowgate in 1975, Burkinshaw went on to become the Spurs manager in 1976, a
year after moving to White Hart Lane as assistant to Terry Neill.
He remained in the post until 1984 and left having experienced relegation,
promotion, two FA Cup Final victories and a UEFA Cup final success against
Anderlecht - in what proved to be his last game in charge.
Departing after quarrels with the Spurs board, Keith took charge of the Bahrain
national side and then coached Sporting Lisbon before returning to England in
1988 as the manager of Gillingham.
Scouting for Glenn Hoddle's Swindon Town side, Burkinshaw was then persuaded to
join West Bromwich Albion as assistant to Ossie Ardiles (a player he'd signed
whilst Spurs boss back in 1978.)
Succeeding Ossie at The Hawthorns in 1993, Keith lasted just one season and
later took up a Director of Football role at Aberdeen.
Working alongside fellow ex-Mag Frank Clark for the League Managers Association,
he also scouted for Stoke City.
In 2005 Keith resurfaced as assistant to Aidy Boothroyd at Watford, giving up the post
two years later for family reasons.
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What Else?
1905
Although their successful season had concluded in late April, Newcastle United
were belatedly presented with the First Division Championship trophy.
The Magpies had to wait until the Football League Committee met in Newcastle,
with the silverware handed over at a dinner staged in the Assembly Rooms.
Football League President JJ Bentley made the presentation, along with gold
medals and watches to the players.
1982
SJP hosted its first live music venture (apart from
numerous brass & military bands and horrible infants with kazoos)
when the Rolling Stones brought their "Tattoo You"
Tour to town.
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Mick
Jagger, complete
with Newcastle scarf |
A stage erected in the Leazes goalmouth meant fans could stand on
the pitch for the princely sum of £10 (£8.50
advance.)
On a wet Tyneside night, support acts were George
Thorogood and the Destroyers and the J.Geils Band.
Mick and the boys then played:
Under My Thumb / When The Whip Comes Down / Let’s Spend The Night
Together / Shattered / Neighbours / Black Limousine / Just
My Imagination / Twenty Flight Rock / Going To A Go Go /
Chantilly Lace / Let Me Go / Time Is On My Side / Beast Of
Burden / You Can’t Always Get What You Want / Little T & A
/ Tumbling Dice / She’s So Cold / Hang Fire / Miss You /
Honky Tonk Women / Brown Sugar / Start Me Up / Jumping
Jack Flash / Satisfaction.

backstage pass, SJP 23.06.82

ticket, SJP 23.06.82 Youtube
footage is online here
1998 United got the go-ahead to increase
the capacity of SJP to over 51,000, after
Secretary of State John Prescott ruled against a public enquiry. 2001
Coventry City striker Craig Bellamy looked
increasingly likely to be making a switch to SJP, in a deal worth over £6m.
At the time it seemed Gordon Strachan's side did well to
claw back most of the £6.5m he cost
them from Norwich City.
2007 Newcastle's Board of Directors were asked for
their resignation
as Mike Ashley's SJP revolution
gathered pace.
This was bad news for; Bruce
Shepherd (brother of Freddy), Timothy Revill, Douglas Hall
and Allison Antonopoulos (Dougie's sister).
At this point, Chairman
Freddy Shepherd still looked to be staying in some
capacity.
Meanwhile, Michael Owen and Obafemi Martins were both
being continuously linked with moves away from Tyneside.
2008
Speaking from the Spanish
resort of Marbella, where he had been using the facilities
of the local football club, Shay Given dismissed reports
of a move to Arsenal:
"I've been with Newcastle since 1997 and I'll soon be
getting a Geordie twang. It's a great football club with
fantastic fans, so I have no reason to leave.
"I have three years left on my contract and I am very
settled in the North East. I see myself staying at
Newcastle for the rest of my career.
2011
Northampton Town
completed a free transfer move for defender Ben Tozer, following his
release by United, 12 months before his contract expired.
In one of his last acts as Newcastle boss, Sam Allardyce sanctioned a £1m move
for Ben from Swindon Town in January 2008.
2013 Director of F***all, Joe Kinnear, did himself no favours whatsoever
with an attack on Alan Shearer, using the Sunday Times
to embarrass the club still further.
2014 Day 12 of the World Cup in Brazil saw Tim Krul again a spectator as
his colleagues topped Group B with a 2-0 win over Chile.
Meanwhile, ex-Magpie
James Troisi came off the bench for Australia in a 0-3 loss to Spain, although both sides were already
eliminated.
2021 Martin Dubravka and Slovakia saw their Euros participation with a 0-5
loss to Spain in Seville, including a penalty save and an own goal
for the goalkeeper.
In St.Petersburg meanwhile, team mate Emil Krafth came off the bench for Sweden
in a 3-2 win over Poland. Future Magpie Alexander Isak started for the victors.
2022
Following the permanent acquisition of Matt Targett, United
confirmed their second signing of the summer in the shape of Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope on a four year contract for a claimed £10m fee.
2023 18 months after leaving Everton, Rafa Benitez
returned to management in Spain with La Liga side Celta Vigo.
2024
Despite a broken nose, Fabian Schar racked up a third full game at the Euros as the
Swiss confirmed their passage to the last 16 as runners-up with a 1-1 draw
against Germany.
Until a 92nd minute leveller for the hosts in Frankfurt, Switzerland had
looked set to collect all three points and win the group.
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